The document discusses US involvement in World War 1 and its impact on South Carolina. It explains that the US initially declared neutrality but continued trading with allies like Britain. Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare and sinking of civilian ships like the Lusitania turned American public opinion against Germany. President Wilson protested Germany's actions but did not join the war until 1917 when Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. The US involvement helped push German forces out of France by 1918. The war had economic impacts on South Carolina as some emigrated for industrial jobs in the North and new military bases were built in the state.

1. US Involvement in
The Great War
(WW1) & Impact
on South Carolina
8.6-1—Explain the reasons
for United States
involvement in World War I
and the war’s impact on
South Carolina and the
nation as a whole, including
the building of new military
bases and the economic
impact of emigration to
industrial jobs in the North.

3. Part 1: US Involvement in WW1
• US declared
neutrality
• Continued trading
with Great Britain
• Blockades of
German ports by
the British Navy
limited trade with
Germany
• Americans loaned
allies money to
continue trade
relationships with
allies

4. WW1 U.S.
Public Opinion
• American
connection w/
the British
• German use of
submarines
• 1915, German
U-boat sinking
of the British
passenger ship,
The Lusitania

5. President Wilson’s Response
• Was incensed by the
loss of innocent lives
taken by subs
• Protested strongly
to the Germans
– Did not result in US
joining the war
– Germany pledged to
restrict their use of
sub warfare
1916 re-election campaign slogan: “He kept us out of war”

7. Why War Now?
• Russian revolution changed
monarchy
• Spring-1917, Germany broke
the U-Boat Pledge
• Wilson wanted a “just
peace” against Germany &
ask Congress to declare war
on the Germans April 6,
1917

8. Wilson’s 14 Point Plan
Wilson's Fourteen Points became the basis for a peace programme & it was on the back of
the Fourteen Points that Germany and her allies agreed to an armistice in November 1918.
1. No more secret agreements ("Open covenants openly arrived at").
2. Free navigation of all seas.
3. An end to all economic barriers between countries.
4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers.
5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial
6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop
her own political set-up.
7. Belgium should be independent like before the war.
8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine
9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along
clearly recognizable lines of nationality."
10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.
11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for
the Balkan states.
12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks in
the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves.
13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea.
14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial
independence of all states.

9. Closing out the war
• Wilson’s intentions were to “make the world
safe for democracy”
• The American Expeditionary Force pushed
the last Germans out of the western front in
France
• The armistice of November 11, 1918 ended
the fighting between the Allies & Central
powers

10. Part 2: WW1 Impact on S.C.